Woodstock; Or, The Cavalier: A Tale of the Year Sixteen Hundred and Fifty-one, Volume 2Archibald Constable and Company Edinburgh; and Longman, Rees, Orme, Brown, and Green, London., 1826 - 370 pages |
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Page 47
... Harrison , and crossed swords with the lat- ter , as he stood brandishing his weapon , as if in immediate expectation of an assailant . Accord- ingly , the Republican General was not for an instant taken at unawares , but the moment the ...
... Harrison , and crossed swords with the lat- ter , as he stood brandishing his weapon , as if in immediate expectation of an assailant . Accord- ingly , the Republican General was not for an instant taken at unawares , but the moment the ...
Page 48
... Harrison's sword , while the General exclaimed , " Ha ! two to one - two to one ! -thus fight demons . " Wildrake , on his side , swore a dreadful oath , and added , “ Markham , you have cancelled every obligation I owed you- they are ...
... Harrison's sword , while the General exclaimed , " Ha ! two to one - two to one ! -thus fight demons . " Wildrake , on his side , swore a dreadful oath , and added , “ Markham , you have cancelled every obligation I owed you- they are ...
Page 49
... Harrison , whose eye had still remained fixed on the spot where he found such palpable resistance . " Yes , I know thee well ; day by day , week by week , thou makest the same idle request , for thou knowest that my heart quivers at thy ...
... Harrison , whose eye had still remained fixed on the spot where he found such palpable resistance . " Yes , I know thee well ; day by day , week by week , thou makest the same idle request , for thou knowest that my heart quivers at thy ...
Page 50
... Harrison ( for mad- men are very often unwilling to enter on the sub- ject of their mental delusion ) parried with some skill , or addressed himself for aid to his steward Tomkins , who was in the habit of being voucher for his master ...
... Harrison ( for mad- men are very often unwilling to enter on the sub- ject of their mental delusion ) parried with some skill , or addressed himself for aid to his steward Tomkins , who was in the habit of being voucher for his master ...
Page 51
... Harrison ; " and when I walk alone , and happen , as but now , to have my weapon . drawn , I sometimes , for exercise ' sake , will prac- tise a thrust against such a tree as that . It is a silly pride men have in the use of weapons . I ...
... Harrison ; " and when I walk alone , and happen , as but now , to have my weapon . drawn , I sometimes , for exercise ' sake , will prac- tise a thrust against such a tree as that . It is a silly pride men have in the use of weapons . I ...
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